Kesearen ana i ecnnoiogy Applications urogram
Office of Technology Commercialization
Technology Services
National Institute of Standards and Technology • Technology Administration • U.S. Department of Commerce
The Research and Technology Applications
Program assists business, industry, and state
programs to identity, access, and apply NIST-
developed technology. The office staff serve as
the NIST point of contact for the Federal
Laboratory Consortium, manage the State
Technology Extension Program, and arrange
visits to NIST for business and industry. The
staff also participate in and develop work-
shops, conferences, and seminars that bring
NIST technology, as well as the research con-
ducted at other federal laboratories, to the
attention of companies that can apply and
benefit from it
The State Technology Extension Program is
designed to work with state and local tech-
nology outreach and economic development
groups. The program staff will provide tech-
nical support to state and local groups who
assist small and medium-sized businesses in
applying technology to solve technical prob-
lems. This is a new program assigned to NIST
by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988.
Assistance to state and local technology
outreach programs can be:
• Technical advice and information from
NIST and other federal laboratories, as ap-
propriate, in response to technical questions
from businesses. Responses can be in the form
of information, technical expertise of the labor-
atory staff, use of unique research facilities,
licensing and patent agreements, and coopera-
tive research and development agreements.
• Organization of or participation in joint
workshops and seminars on specialized
industry-related technical topics or general
topics on technology transfer.
• Cooperative agreements with state and
local technology extension services or
economic development groups to design and
test new methods by which technology, includ-
ing federal technology, can be transferred to
solve the technical problems of businesses. For
fiscal year 1990, the states of Arkansas,
Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, and
Tennessee received agreements to test new
methods of technology transfer.
As representatives of the Federal Laboratory
Consortium, the staff assist businesses to ident-
ify current research within the federal labora-
tory system, help access staff experts, provide
information on reports and other technical
publications, and serve as an entry point to the
consortium.
The program staff work closely with federal
agencies on technology transfer issues. They
also work with national, state, or local pro-
fessionals or scientific societies, and trade
associations to assist in the transfer of tech-
nology, including federal technology, to help
meet the technical needs of their members.
Visits to NIST, NIST participation in confer-
ences and workshops, and technical informa-
tion on NIST technology can be obtained
through the program. Succinct descriptions of
the technical problems or areas of interest
would be helpful in responding to your
requests.
Jot further information, contact 9dr. Joseph
'Berime, Chief 'Research and TechnoCogy
5\ppCications Program, 'HationaC Institute of
Standards and TechnoCogij, S1343 Physics
<BCdg., Qaithersbuxg, 9v(<D 20899;
(301) 975-5017.
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AU68 6 1991
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